
Fact Check: Russia’s retaliation for Ukraine’s Spider’s Web? This video is from 2024 – India Today
The video dates back to July 2024. It does not show a recent Russian retaliatory strike on Ukraine.

The video dates back to July 2024. It does not show a recent Russian retaliatory strike on Ukraine.

Claim: The image shows a Ukrainian airbase destroyed in a retaliatory action by Russia.
Fact: The claim is false. The image is AI-generated.

Did a widely-shared clip show Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian airbases, in retaliation against a series of drone attacks on Russian warplanes in June 2025? No, that's not true: The footage was old, and dated to July 2024 at the latest. It appeared to show Russian missiles striking a children's hospital in Kyiv, not airbases.

Does a viral video really show the destruction of "40 Russian strategic bombers" of type TU-95 destroyed by a "daring...

Both the CBS video and the company's so-called comment on the issue are fake.

Does a viral image confirm that the Ukrainian government issued new rules prohibiting taking pictures of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from certain angles? No, that's not true: Talking to Lead Stories, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States referred to the image as "fake". The "rules" were self-contradictory and lacked any specific identifying information tying it to Ukrainian officials.

Multiple social media users recently shared an image claiming it depicted a key military installation in Punjab's Adampur that suffered damage due to Pakistan's airstrikes in the region. In its investigation, the Desk found that the viral image reportedly depicted Russian S-400 missile launch units destroyed by a Ukrainian airstrike in occupied Crimea in April 2024. An old and unrelated image was falsely shared on social media as recent with a false claim.

The footage does not depict Pakistani forces shooting down an Indian drone. Rather, it shows a Russian drone falling outside Kharkiv, Ukraine.

The post provides no evidence for its claims and instead links to a digital book that claims to have 'hidden insights from the esoteric realm'

Propagandists distorted the content of the publication. In fact, the columnist expressed his personal opinion on why such a move would be appropriate from a political point of view.